# What.......is your favourite colour? ;)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559 "2005-10-30T04:34:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/21 "2005-10-31T03:31:15Z")

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Burgundy. Close second are those bluish, tealy shades of green.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/22 "2005-10-31T03:43:30Z")

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**Black.**

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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/23 "2005-10-31T05:24:49Z")

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Is that a _european_ color, or an _african_ color?

I have a fond affinity for **royal purple**.

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**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/24 "2005-10-31T14:51:25Z")

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Yellow (duh 😉 )

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**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/25 "2005-10-31T16:37:15Z")

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Red! Particularly dark, rich, not-so-orangey reds.

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**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/26 "2005-10-31T16:42:27Z")

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[total dork mode]

My top 5, in no particular order:

#EE1289  
#000000  
#808080  
#5C246E  
#EE6AA7

But when I want to go funkier I’m not opposed to #66CD00 or #FF8000 😃  
[/total dork mode]

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/27 "2005-10-31T16:43:36Z")

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Blue and Brown

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/28 "2005-11-01T00:45:08Z")

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Blue or purple, depending on the day.

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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/29 "2005-11-01T01:00:16Z")

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Deep forest green, then rusty brown, then burgundy, then midnight blue.

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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-colour/328559/30 "2005-11-01T08:33:39Z")

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Depends. Green is beautiful in nature. You see it everywhere. But a green house ? A green suit ??

Blue loving people, unite!

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